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Ebselen has dehydroascorbate reductase and thioltransferase-like activities.

Che-Hun Jung1, Michael P Washburn, William W Wells

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Center for Separation and Analysis of Natural Products, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|February 22, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Ebselen, a compound mimicking glutathione peroxidase, shows significant dehydroascorbic acid reductase and thioltransferase-like activities. These properties, along with its reactivity, may explain its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Ebselen is a seleno-organic compound known to mimic glutathione peroxidase (GPX).
  • Bovine erythrocyte GPX exhibits dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) reductase and thioltransferase (TTase) activities.
  • Investigating ebselen's potential for similar enzymatic activities is warranted.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate ebselen's dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) reductase activity.
  • To examine ebselen's thioltransferase (TTase)-like activity.
  • To explore the biochemical basis for ebselen's anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Main Methods:

  • In vitro assays measuring the reduction of DHA to L-ascorbic acid in the presence of ebselen and GSH.
  • In vitro assays measuring glutathione disulfide formation using S-sulfocysteine and GSH as co-substrates with ebselen.

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  • Comparison of reaction rates for adduct formation between ebselen/GSH and GSH alone with CDNB.

    • Main Results:

    • Ebselen demonstrated dose-dependent in vitro reduction of DHA to L-ascorbic acid.
    • Ebselen acted as a TTase mimic, catalyzing dose-dependent glutathione disulfide formation.
    • Ebselen, pretreated with GSH, showed approximately 250-fold greater reactivity than GSH alone in adduct formation with CDNB.

    Conclusions:

    • Ebselen exhibits significant DHA reductase and TTase-like activities.
    • The nucleophilic reactivity of ebselen selenol contributes to its observed enzymatic activities.
    • These biochemical properties likely underpin ebselen's observed anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in vivo.